Investor Strategy – Page 169
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Life cycle investment is 'utter nonsense', claims IPE winner
[16:15 CET 29-11] AUSTRIA – Changing the asset allocation in a portfolio solely on the basis of the members’ age is “complete nonsense”, as are other strictly “mechanical portfolio management concepts”, according to Christian Böhm, managing director of the Austrian multi-employer pension fund APK.
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PPF mulls buffer amid claims of overcharging
[15:30 CET 28-11] UK - The UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is looking to set up a buffer fund with any surplus it might accrue in the future, IPE has learnt.
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Parliamentary pension fund too costly – German MPs
[12:00 CET 27-11] GERMANY – German MPs have agreed to increase in their retirement and make cuts in their pensions but have voted against the creation of a pension fund for members of the parliament, the so-called ‘Bundestag’.
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Promoting property as a pension is wrong - MetallRente
[16:30 CET 26-11] GERMANY – Plans by the German government to subsidise private property by way of supplementary pensions endangers the level of retirement provision, industry pension group MetallRente noted.
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DAX blue-chip gets Pensionsfond approval
[16:30 CET 23-11] GERMANY – Munich-based mechanical engineering group Man AG has received regulatory approval for its Pensionsfond within its contractual trust agreement (CTA).
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AMF tops the ITP pensions bill
[16:15 CET 23-11] SWEDEN - AMF Pension now manages over one-quarter of young Swedish white-collar worker pension accounts, following the opening of the ITP to a wider base of pension providers.
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'Brave new world' cited for investment
[16:45 CET 20-11] UK – Four ‘winning strategies’ will provide the majority of growth for the investment management industry, according to a new white paper.
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First 130/30 index unveiled
[16:15 CET 20-11] GLOBAL – Standard & Poor’s has launched the first 130/30 strategy index, and begun by linking to activity of S&P 500 stocks.
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Overhyped pension buyout market falters – Aon
[16:15 CET 19-11] UK – Both the number of cases and the total value of business placed in the UK's pension buyout market have fallen in the third quarter of this year.
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IPE Awards: 130/30 craze is "overplayed"
[15:45 CET 19-11] GLOBAL – The hype around long-short investment products, such as 130/30 strategies, is very much overplayed, delegates at the annual IPE Awards in Vienna were told.
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Hewitt eyes risk as Watson Wyatt looks to DC
[15:15 CET 19-11] UK/EUROPE - Consultancy firm Watson Wyatt has unveiled a pension provider research database services detailing how schemes operate across Europe, at the same time as rival firm Hewitt is turning its attention to enhancing pension funds' risk and reward potential.
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IPE Awards: Small schemes should focus on strategy
[16:30 CET 15-11] AUSTRIA – Small to medium-sized pension funds should focus more on their strategy, and less on portfolio management, the annual IPE Awards Seminar in Vienna was told today.
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Norway fund pushes for more active management
[12:00 CET 15-11] NORWAY - The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global is looking to hire more staff for its offices in Oslo, New York, Shanghai and London, in a push to widen its scope of active management.
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Danish premier eyes PenSam programme
[16:00 CET 09-11] DENMARK - Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited the offices of labour market pension scheme PenSam this morning, to learn about a project to reduce the number of people taking early retirement on health grounds.
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Few schemes allow for longer longevity projections
[12:00 CET 09-11] UK – Less than 1% of UK pension fund sponsors leave room for wider mortality improvement factors to value future liabilities, says Barnett Waddingham.
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PPM wants to 'wake up' DC members
[15:15 CET 06-11] SWEDEN – The Premium Pension Authority PPM is planning to send a reminder to 600,000 members of the compulsory defined contribution system who have not changed their fund selection since entering.
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130/30 approach benefits fixed-income mandates - Barings
[15:00 CET 06-11] GLOBAL - A 130/30 approach can benefit not only equity but also fixed-income investors, according to international investment firm Barings.
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AP7 names portfolio revamp technology
[16:30 CET 30-10] SWEDEN – The Swedish buffer fund AP7 has applied the New Frontier Advisors' IT platform for its latest major strategic asset allocation review.
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Former minister calls for local pensions ringfence
[16:30 CET 29-10] NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension funds should support the domestic financial services industry by ring-fencing capital for domestic investment managers, former foreign affairs minister Ben Bot has suggested.
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Cable & Wireless considers buyout
[16:15 CEST 29-10] UK – Telecoms group Cable & Wireless (C&W) is in the early stages of talks to sell off its £2bn UK pension fund, IPE has learnt.
